Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-23

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n %aii defined, and sexsrAA stlnks
= nrsrphs that reign o'sF sewers ana
sinkslH
80 - eshes towns bssidss Koin
h.ya thrice atwo-and-sesemsy
- and sstinks" % numsr-
80 he mind would tire u DE
,.d.sas couns.
( ~ ire q the unsaTory snbjeet-
-. . les Il drop out q sight hold
ness a. We paas by-think -
1900 q our business willing 70
s-..t. he unpleasant subject % he
,vmphs dat ressn DER sewers and
- forrssting. o. rnshsr svading,
Il n.r.oual responsibility att1ehing
!. 80 3 individuals. stEl tie quss-
II. : vIIl not down." Do - We may.
4 loss e tbs stinks and sssnehss en-
liars
lsss week We wfcts Of the back
500 having in mind the counsry
s.lsass-ths Fural home. the farmers
.,sa.l.ss-nst fergstting thsre we're
- Yards IN cities = well, and more
.gvlne evils IN the censpools and
sIsIn q : single block q . city
ksn IN whole county Of the coun-
~ This wssk the unzavory subject
4 ne closet shall engroas cur att1n-
lon tor ! while, and il l. % Be hoped
80 u the reader. who may not turn
S b, or her nose at the thought Of
writing on such stheme.
II ske poet had addressed bis words
3 he . nymphs that reign over clos
Z, : weiI--so the individual along
us.h he powers that be--to the ounce
Y prsssntson instead o. The pound Of
.urs his words would have been more
z she point. In she Suburbs Of such
/. elty a seattle. and u We VIII move
g 8 de advocacy u that which b, in
broad sense, right. then IN the heart
y he city, the earth closest should Be
! every place where there are " stencil
or stinks,s OF where such are pre-
'ssntsd only BY ths free uss Of watsE.
'ls & only Of the places where water .
|snohsainAhls that Wewrite now, - fur
hsr Ghan hat the change would be 30
radical - 70 Be hopeless 70 accomplish.
|Whsn he brotherhood Of man" %
acknowledged and adopted as = basis
Y action, then. and not till then, might
I've hope Gor shat. international law,
born d universal public opinion, 70
|nhiblt the pernicious practice Of pour
bne lie al Of the land into the sewers
II cities and thence 20 the bottom Of
|.ks see. Ish not Of this We set about
" vrlts, but rather Of the less poesical
yes more practieAhls-the earth closet.
La not those who have the stencil
Is and aslnks" upon their premises
Bay that b i lmprarticahls, Tor We can
'poins 70 such authority aa Warning,
who made the study Of these spe-
rialty; or, Il they prefer an instance
'naarer home. 70 one on our own prem
hes al PayAllup, perfectly inoffsnsivs
though In constant use, rendered 50 BY
hires wagon loads Of dried clay and
lons barrel d lime during the period
|oi two full years. We quote from
Warning
In my own case, no earth has been
brought 70 the house for three years.
During this time We have used over
and over again the same mater ial,
which consists almost entirely Of an
thfnclto ashes. When the vaults are
amptied, their contents are simply
heipsd ~ Ia ille cellar, whore they
b8cduaA tuffscientiy dry after . month
Or 90, 70 be used again. Much Of this
aocumulatien has passed through the
closet al least ten or twelve times.
Under no circumstances has there been
any indication that Il Il anything but
ashes, with a slight admixture Of gar
den sol. 10 my case the earth closet
d entirely free from any complies
ton"
Let the stenehes and stinks be
vanished without the Intervention Of
= ys nynphs that reign Ger sewers
and sinks" BY that greatest boon Of
cleanliness, the earth closet.